मव्यक्तलिङ्गो विचरत्यपिस्वित् ।
योगेश्वराणां गतिमन्धबुद्धिः
कथं विचक्षीत गृहानुबन्धः ॥२०॥
sa vai bhavÄn loka-nirÄ«ká¹£aṇÄrtham
avyakta-liá¹…go vicaraty api svit
yogeÅ›varÄṇÄá¹ gatim andha-buddhiḥ
kathaá¹ vicakṣīta gá¹›hÄnubandhaḥ
saḥ - that Supreme Personality of Godhead or His incarnation Kapiladeva; vai - indeed; bhavÄn - your good self; loka-nirÄ«ká¹£aṇa-artham - just to study the characteristics of the people of this world; avyakta-liá¹…gaḥ - without manifesting your real identity; vicarati - are traveling in this world; api svit - whether; yoga-Ä«Å›varÄṇÄm - of all the advanced yogÄ«s; gatim - the characteristics or actual behavior; andha-buddhiḥ - who are illusioned and have become blind to spiritual knowledge; katham - how; vicakṣīta - may know; gá¹›ha-anubandhaḥ - I who am bound by attachment to family life, or worldly life.
Is it not a fact that your good self is the direct representative of Kapiladeva, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? To examine people and see who is actually a human being and who is not, you have presented yourself to be a deaf and dumb person. Are you not moving this way upon the surface of the world? I am very attached to family life and worldly activities, and I am blind to spiritual knowledge. Nonetheless, I am now present before you and am seeking enlightenment from you. How can I advance in spiritual life?
Although MahÄrÄja RahÅ«gaṇa was playing the part of a king, he had been informed by Jaá¸a Bharata that he was not a king nor was Jaá¸a Bharata deaf and dumb. Such designations were simply coverings of the spirit soul. Everyone must come to this knowledge. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (2.13): dehino ’smin yathÄ dehe. Everyone is encased within the body. Since the body is never identical with the soul, the bodily activities are simply illusory. In the association of such a sÄdhu as Jaá¸a Bharata, MahÄrÄja RahÅ«gaṇa came to the awareness that his activities as a royal authority were simply illusory phenomena. He therefore agreed to receive knowledge from Jaá¸a Bharata, and that was the beginning of his perfection. Tad-vijñÄnÄrthaá¹ sa gurum evÄbhigacchet. A person like MahÄrÄja RahÅ«gaṇa, who was very inquisitive to know the value of life and the spiritual science, must approach a personality like Jaá¸a Bharata. TasmÄd guruá¹ prapadyeta jijñÄsuḥ Å›reya uttamam (BhÄg. 11.3.21). One must approach a guru like Jaá¸a Bharata, a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to inquire about the goal of human life.
